One of the ways it does this - Ngo - claims, is to attack 'responsible' journalists like him who are reporting on them activities in an attempt to scare them into submission. He includes interviews with former Antifa members and people who have been attacked by the group to suggest it wants to 'destroy the nation-state, America in particular'. Ngo calls the book 'a letter of gratitude to the nation that welcomed' his parents when they emigrated from war-torn Vietnam, and claims Antifa consists of 'violent leftists' who want to undermine American democracy. His book, Unmasked: Inside Antifa's radical plan to destroy democracy, claims to expose Antifa - the name for protesters in the US who arrive at far-right marches to oppose them - as a 'violent extremist movement'. It claimed his attack was just one example of 'a long list of crimes perpetrated by antifa' and 'tells the story of this violent extremist movement from the very beginning'. Ngo came to national attention in 2019, when he was attacked by far-left antifa protesters at a march by the right-wing extremist group the Proud Boys in Portland, Oregon. Ngo is editor-at-large of news site The Post Millennial and regularly appears on Fox News. He has also written columns for several publications including The Spectator and the Wall Street Journal. Mr Marshall said he plans to undertake new creative projects, 'as well as speaking and writing on a variety of issues.'Īndy Ngo, 35, is a conservative American journalist from Portland, Oregon, who has sparked controversy for his reporting on street clashes between left and right-wing protesters in the USĪndy Ngo, 35, is a conservative American journalist from Portland, Oregon, who has sparked controversy for his reporting on street clashes between left and right-wing protesters in the US. In March the banjoist and guitarist said he was stepping back from the group, leading one critic of cancel culture to write: 'Never appease the hate mob, you should have stood by your words'.īut he has now said he has quit for good, writing on Medium 'as long as I am a member of the band, speaking my mind on the evils of political extremism could bring them trouble'.
The folk rock musician was attacked on social media earlier after calling Mr Ngo's book 'important' and describing the US journalist - who has been attacked while covering street clashes - a 'brave man'.įollowing allegations he was 'endorsing Fascism' - claims he branded 'ludicrous' - band members Marcus Mumford, Ben Lovett and Ted Dwane, and their management, reportedly asked him to leave the group.ĭespite this, the group posted a message in support of him on Twitter today, saying: 'We wish you all the best for the future, Win, and we love you man.
Mr Marshall, who was born and raised in Wandsworth, south London, wrote he could have stayed with the group and 'continued to self-censor', but believed it would 'erode my sense of integrity'. He said he 'failed to foresee' his praise of Unmasked: Inside Antifa's Radical Plan To Destroy Democracy 'could be interpreted as approval of the equally abhorrent Far-Right' and feared it would bring his bandmates 'more trouble'. In a 1,263-word essay on Medium, the 33-year-old described how his 'innocuous' endorsement of Andy Ngo's book on far-Left extremist group Antifa triggered 'tens of thousands of angry retweets and comments'. Mr Marshall, who played banjo in the folk rock band, quit after he was pilloried by a 'viral mob' for the 'sin' of praising a right wing reporter on social media. Hedge fund tycoon Sir Paul Marshall, 61, shared his son's essay on Twitter with the caption: 'Very proud of my son!'. Winston Marshall's millionaire Brexiteer father has backed him for quitting Mumford and Sons after he became the victim of ' Cancel Culture' when he praised a US conservative journalist.
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